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NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF KOREA ACT
CHAPTER Ⅳ INVESTIGATION OF VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND REMEDY THEREFOR
조문단위인쇄
 Article 32 (Rejection of Petition, etc.)
(1) The Commission shall reject a petition which falls under any of the following subparagraphs:
1. In case the contents of said petition do not fall under the scope of the matters subject to the investigation of the Commission;
2. In case the contents of said petition are deemed manifestly false or ill-founded;
3. In case said petition is filed by any person other than a sufferer, but it is manifest that the sufferer does not desire the investigation thereof;
4. In case said petition is filed after one or more years have elapsed since the facts causing the petition happened: Provided, That this shall not apply to any case in which the prosecution or civil prescription with respect to such facts is not completed and which the Commission determines to investigate;
5. In case at the time when said petition is filed to the Commission, the trial at a court or the Constitutional Court, the criminal investigation by an investigation agency or the procedures for the relief of rights under any other Act are in progress or terminated with respect to the facts causing the petition: Provided, That this shall not apply if the Commission receives a petition against cases identical with those falling under crimes of Articles 123 through 125 of the Criminal Act which are being investigated by the investigation agency;
6. In case said petition is filed under any pseudonym or anonym;
7. In case the Commission deems it improper to investigate said pe tition;
8. In case said petition is withdrawn by an internee who files it;
9. In case said petition is again filed against the facts identical with any other petition which has already been dismissed by the Commission; and
10. In case the purport of said petition is contrary to the final judgment of a court or decision of the Constitutional Court on the facts causing the petition.
(2) In case the Commission rejects a petition under paragraph (1), it may, if deemed necessary, deliver the petition to related entities. In this case, those related entities to which the petition is delivered shall, if requested by the Commission, inform the Commission of the results of treatment thereof without delay.
(3) The Commission may, even after initiating the investigation on a petition, reject it in any case falling under any subparagraph of paragraph (1).
(4) In case the Commission rejects or delivers a petition, it shall immediately inform the petitioner, by specifying the reason. In this case, the Commission may, if deemed necessary, advise the relevant sufferer or petitioner on the procedures and measures for the relief of his/her rights.